About Dolphin:

Dolphin File manager
http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/

Dolphin is a file manager for KDE focusing on usability.

Dolphin is not intended to be a competitor to Konqueror: Konqueror acts as universal viewer being able to show HTML pages, text documents, directories and a lot more, whereas Dolphin focuses on being only a file manager. This approach allows to optimize the user interface for the task of file management.

The KDE 3 version of Dolphin is in beta stage, but provides already most features for daily usage. Currently Dolphin gets ported for KDE 4.0.

The final version 1.0 of Dolphin for KDE 3 was originally planned for end of December 2006. In November Dolphin got a lot of support from Aaron J. Seigo and it has been decided to port Dolphin to KDE 4 as soon as possible. As there are not enough resources to maintain a KDE 3 version in parallel, the last release of Dolphin for KDE 3 has been 0.8.


D3lphin 0.9:

As mentioned on the roadmap, no official maintenance release for KDE 3 will be released anymore. But the good news is that Marcel Juhnke decided to do further bugfixing for the KDE 3 version of Dolphin and also included features like a second sidebar. As this is no official release, this project is named D3lphin and can be downloaded at marrat.homelinux.org. Please don't submit any bug reports for D3lphin to the KDE bug database and contact Marcel directly instead.

Using Konqueror's Service Menus in the Dolphin

You can use Konqueror servicemenus in the Dolphin (some of them). You only need to link/copy Konqueror service menus (.desktop files) from Konqueror servicemenu folder to the Dolphin servicemenu folder:

KDE 3.5.X

System wide (for all users) service menus:
Konqueror: /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/
Dolphin: /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/
D3lphin: /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/

Home folder (for a user) service menus:
Konqueror: ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/
Dolphin: ~/.kde/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/
D3lphin: ~/.kde/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/


KDE 4

From Bug 156476: dolphin should have action/service menus like konqueror has
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156476

------- Additional Comment #6 From David Faure 2008-01-24 13:48 -------
Dolphin and konqueror (in kde4) support the exact same servicemenus. However the syntax is indeed NOT
the kde3 syntax. Well, the syntax is pretty much the same but the location where to install the desktop files has changed.
kdesdk/scripts/qt4/Porting mentions the changes:

Servicemenus for konqueror and dolphin have moved to services/ServiceMenus/.
To port kde3 servicemenus you need to:
-> change installation rule so that it installs to ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR}/ServiceMenus
-> add KonqPopupMenu/Plugin to the ServiceTypes line

Development/Tutorials/Creating Konqueror Service Menus
http://techbase.kde.org/Development/..._Service_Menus

Where the Servicemenus Live

Servicemenus are defined using .desktop files, which are the same kind of files that are used to create entries in the K Menu or on the KDE desktop. These servicemenu files are found in $KDEHOME/share/services/ServiceMenus, the directory KDE was installed to or any directory listed in the $KDEDIRS environment variable.

In the case of my home machine that means that servicemenu files can be found in the following places:

/opt/kde4/share/services/ServiceMenus/
/usr/share/services/ServiceMenus/
/home/aaron/.kde4/share/services/ServiceMenus/

Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex (alpha 2) , KDE 4.1 (beta 2). Konsole command tells:

Code:

 kde4-config --path services

/home/rog/.kde/share/kde4/services/:/usr/share/kde4/services/

that is

System wide (for all users) service menus:
/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus

Home folder (for a user) service menus:
/home/<USER>/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus

<USER> is your username !

Specific folder actions
Kubuntu forums topic: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...folder-actions


Service Menu Editor

> KDE-Apps.org

Depends on: KDE 4.x

Description:
KDE Service Menu Editor is a simple way of editing the right-click menus that you see when using Dolphin. It has simple but flexible way of selecting the "mime types" (type of file) that the menu should appear on. Then adding the menu is as simple as typing a name and the command to be run.

Example
Topic: Using Dolphin to batch process images like Konqueror?
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3087984.0

Easy way to make symlinks: Symlink by Click. Another way is simply copy desktop files.


Some servicemenus might need a bit tuning. Kubicle tells:

There are a few problems with servicemenus in dolphin (d3lphin), but the rootactions servicemenu can be 'tinkered with' to work better with dolphin:

More: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...97261#msg97261

Kubicle's Root Actions Servicemenu
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=48411

Root Actions servicemenu is a replacement/alternative for the default Edit-as-root servicemenu in kubuntu.

----Notes for Dolphin users-------------------------------------------
The service menu should work on KDE4 dolphin, though you might wish to edit rootactionsfolders.desktop and replace 'konqueror' with 'dolphin'

KDE3 dolphin (d3lphin) has a few issues with servicemenus, so I've included a d3lphin friendly version of the menu in the download.

New Service Menus for Dolphin

From Creating Konqueror Service Menus
http://developer.kde.org/documentati...vicemenus.html

Introduction

In KDE-speak a "servicemenu" is a special entry that appears in Konqueror's context menu depending on the file(s) that are selected. You may have seen them in action without even knowing it. For instance, if you have the KDE file archive utility "ark" installed you will see a menu entry to "Extract here..." whenever you right click on a tarball or zip file. The option to "Extract here..." is a servicemenu.

Creating new servicemenus is very simple, requiring nothing more than an idea and a text editor. You don't have to be a programmer or a KDE wizard to make them.

Background:
theread told in the Topic: Preview enlargement in Dolphin
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3088673.0

Another useful facility missing from Dolphin is the right click menu with the move to: and the copy to: options on it. As far as I can see in Dolphin the only way to do it is to open the to and from directories and drag the file across, which is a pain if you have a lot open on the desktop at the time.

Here is simple servicemenu for Dolphin. It will copy/move files to the destination folder (you choose destination folder from KDialog directory tree)

Make text file copy_move_to.desktop file:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory
Actions=CopyTo;MoveTo
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Submenu=Copy and Move To

[Desktop Action CopyTo]
Name=Copy To
Icon=folder_man
Exec=cp %U `kdialog --getexistingdirectory ~/`

[Desktop Action MoveTo]
Name=Move To
Icon=folder_red_open
Exec=mv %U `kdialog --getexistingdirectory ~/`

Drop it to the /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/ or /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/. That's it !


Links:

Topic: GtoK: .desktop files
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3093180.0

Dolphin File manager
http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/

Topic: Using Dolphin to batch process images like Konqueror?
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3087984.0

Topic: Dolphin crashes
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3086993.0

Root Actions Servicemenu
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=48411

Creating Konqueror Service Menus
http://developer.kde.org/documentati...vicemenus.html

Shell Scripting with KDE dialogs
http://developer.kde.org/documentati...dialog/t1.html

Topic: Disable Trash / KGPG Default Setting / Context Menu
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090842.0


Previews:

This is an interesting workaround for D3lphin's shortcomings. Thanks for the howto. Let's see if we can get it inside Kubuntu by default for Hardy, IF we still have D3lphin enabled by default there.

Pack With Ark

Link to Topic: Rar not working
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3089986.0


Dolphin don't have Konquerors "Compress As" menu. Simple way to add it to the Dolphin:

Make "ark_pack.desktop" text file. Put there:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory
Actions=Rar;Zip;7z
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Submenu=Pack With Ark

[Desktop Action Rar]
Name=Rar
Icon=kimproxyoffline
Exec=ark --add-to %U %U.rar 

[Desktop Action Zip]
Name=Zip
Icon=knewstuff
Exec=ark --add-to %U %U.zip

[Desktop Action 7z]
Name=7z
Icon=kimproxyonline
Exec=ark --add-to %U %U.7z

Drop it to the /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/ (or /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/).

You need Ark, rar, zip and p7zip-full.

Package: ark

Description: graphical archiving tool for KDE
Ark is a graphical program for managing various archive formats within the
KDE environment. Archives can be viewed, extracted, created and modified
from within Ark.
.
The program can handle various formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar and
lha (if appropriate command-line programs are installed).
.
Ark can work closely with Konqueror in the KDE environment to handle archives,
if you install the Konqueror Integration plugin available in the konq-plugins
package.

Package: rar

Description: Archiver for .rar files
This is the RAR archiver from Eugene Roshal. It supports multiple volume
archives and damage protection. It can also create SFX-archives. There are
versions which run on DOS, Windows (3.1x,95,NT), FreeBSD, BSDI.
.
This program is shareware and you must register it after 40 days of use.
.
Homepage: http://www.rarlabs.com/

Package: zip

Description: Archiver for .zip files
This is InfoZIP's zip program. It produces files that are fully
compatible with the popular PKZIP program; however, the command line
options are not identical. In other words, the end result is the same,
but the methods differ. :-)
.
This version supports encryption.

Package: p7zip-full

Description: 7z and 7za file archivers with high compression ratio
p7zip is the Unix port of 7-Zip, a file archiver that archives with
very high compression ratios.
.
p7zip-full provides:
- /usr/bin/7za
a standalone version of the 7-zip tool that handles 7z archives
(implementation of the LZMA compression algorithm) and some other
formats.
- /usr/bin/7z
not only does it handle 7z but also ZIP, Zip64, CAB, RAR, ARJ,
GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM, ISO and DEB archives. 7z compression
is 30-50% better than ZIP compression.
.
p7zip provides 7zr, a light version of 7za.
.
Homepage: http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/

Note
This is quick & dirty. It works but...
- There is no name query: foo.foo -> foo.foo.rar
- Multiple files will be named as foo1, foo2, foo3 -> foo3.rar

Add the whole path including file name into clipboard (klipper)

Links to the Topic: Dolphin Media Name
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090789.0


Make dklipper.desktop text file and drop it to the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/ (or /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/)

dklipper.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory
Actions=DKlipper;
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application

[Desktop Action DKlipper]
Type=Application
Name=DKlipper
Icon=attach
Exec=dcop klipper klipper setClipboardContents %U

With the KDE 4 same service menu (/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus):

to_klipper.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/all;
Actions=ToKlipper;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=OneLiners

[Desktop Action ToKlipper]
Name=To Klipper
Icon=klipper
Exec=qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.setClipboardContents "%U"

Link:
Copying data to the clipboard from the command line under KDE
http://ftp.traduc.org/doc-vf/gazette.../104/104F.html


Right click file (or folder) > Actions > DKlipper and:

Preview Dolphin/Klipper

Symlinks by Click

KDE 3.5

By Symlink wiki:

In computing, a symbolic link (often shortened to symlink and also known as a soft link) consists of a special type of file that serves as a reference to another file or directory. Unix-like operating systems in particular often feature symbolic links.

With this context menu you can symlink files or folders to the another folder.

1) Make symlink.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory
Actions=Symlink;RootSymlink;
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Submenu=Symlinks by Click

[Desktop Action Symlink]
Type=Application
Name=Symlink
Icon=rebuild
Exec=ln -s %U `kdialog --getexistingdirectory ~/` 

[Desktop Action RootSymlink]
Type=Application
Name=RootSymlink
Icon=bt
Exec=kdesu "ln -s" "%U" `kdialog --getexistingdirectory /`

2) Drop it in to the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/(or /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/. Location depends Dolphin version)

3) Start linking.


KDE 4

Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex (pre-alpha); KDE 4.1 (beta 2)

1) Making text file symlink.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/all
Actions=Symlink;RootSymlink;
X-KDE-Submenu=Symlinks by Click

[Desktop Action Symlink]
Type=Application
Name=Symlink
Icon=edit-redo
Exec=ln -s %U `kdialog --getexistingdirectory ~/` 

[Desktop Action RootSymlink]
Type=Application
Name=RootSymlink
Icon=edit-undo
Exec=kdesudo "ln -s" "%U" `kdialog --getexistingdirectory /`

2) Dropping symlink.desktop to the /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus or ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

3) Linking:

Ark (KDE 3.5 package) with the KDE 4

This is linking to the Topic: KDE4 and Ark

Using Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon - Pure KDE4 desktop: Topic: KDE4: Clean installation with live CD


1) Installing: Ark

Package ark

Recommends: ncompress, unzip, zoo, bzip2, p7zip-full
Suggests: khelpcenter, rar, unrar/unrar-free

Installing ark +:

ncompress (4.2.4.0-2)
p7zip-full (4.51~dfsg.1-1)
rar (1:3.7b1-2)
unrar (1:3.7.3-1.1)
unrar-free (1:0.0.1+cvs20070515-1)
unzip (5.52-10ubuntu1)
zoo (2.10-19)

2) Making text files:

ark35_compress.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/all
Actions=compressHere

[Desktop Action compressHere]
Name=Compress Here
Exec=/usr/bin/ark --add-to %u %u.tar.gz
Icon=ark

ark35_extract.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/*;
Actions=extractHere

[Desktop Action extractHere]
Name=Extract Here
Exec=/usr/bin/ark --extract-to %d %u
Icon=ark

ark35_extract_subdir.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/*;
Actions=ExtractSubdir

[Desktop Action ExtractSubdir]
Name=Extract to subdirectory
Icon=ark
Exec=/usr/bin/ark -caption "%c" %i %m --guess-name --extract-to "%d" "%u"

3) Dropping .desktop files to the /usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus


4) Testing - Compress Here:



Working.


Extract Here - working


BUT Extract to subdirectory



Mime type / file extension problem ?
service.tar.gz => working but service.txt.tar.gz is not acceptable.

is the "extract here" error caused by the /sda/temp directory that already exists?

No, that will give a warning:



It could be wildcards in the mimetype:

Code:

MimeType=application/*;

With KDE 3.5 that is:

Code:

X-KDE-ServiceTypes=application/x-gzip,application/x-lha,application/x-tar...

but that doesn't work with the KDE 4 (at the moment).

Tested also with:

Code:

MimeType=application/x-gzip,application/x-lha,application/x-tar...

MediaInfo

This is linking to the Mediainfo application on Linux

Update (Intrepid + Jaunty)
Mediainfo and the mediainfo servicemenu can be found from the PPA repositories > Package name contains: mediainfo


1) Making text file mediainfo.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=audio/*,video/*,application/vnd.rn-realmedia
Actions=mediainfo;
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application

[Desktop Action mediainfo]
Type=Application
Name=MediaInfo
Icon=video
Exec=mediainfo -f "%U" > .mediainfotemp.txt && kdialog --textbox .mediainfotemp.txt 640 480 && rm -f .mediainfotemp.txt

2) Dropping it in to the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/.

3) Testing:

Service menus Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex (pre-alpha), KDE 4.1 (Beta 2).


This is linking: Any first impressions on KDE 4.1 beta for Kubuntu?


This is using ark; version: 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu3


Adding Compress Here, Extract Here and Extract to subdirectory service menus:

1) Making text files:

myark_compress.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/all
Actions=compressHere

[Desktop Action compressHere]
Name=Compress Here
Exec=ark --add-to %u %u.tar.gz
Icon=ark

myark_extract.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/*;
Actions=extractHere

[Desktop Action extractHere]
Name=Extract Here
Exec=ark --extract-to %d %u
Icon=ark

myark_extract_subdir.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/*;
Actions=ExtractSubdir

[Desktop Action ExtractSubdir]
Name=Extract to subdirectory
Icon=ark
Exec=ark -caption "%c" %i %m --guess-name --extract-to "%d" "%u"

2) Dropping them in the /usr/share/kde4/services


3) Testing...

Service menu KArchiver

This is linking: KDE Ark 4.1 Beta 2


karchiver (repositories)

work with compressed files
With kArchiver, you can create and manipulate tar.gz, tar.bz2, zip, rar...
archives just with your mouse. You can add files, remove (with undo/redo),
view one or more files thanks to its multiselection window.

You can also convert files between various archive formats, for example a
tar.bz2 to a zip, or even create multi-platform self-extracting archives!

KArchiver has some wizards that will help you in compiling and
installing softwares through an interface, and in applying patches. It has
an archive "browser", that displays archives in the current directory,
a search tool (to quickly find all archives) and an automatic
splitter/unsplitter to make a file fit on a floppy or inside an email.
kArchiver has been made to be intuitive and powerful!

> KArchiver KDE-Apps.org

> KArchiver freshmeat


Command:

Code:

karchiver --help

tells:

Options:
-x, --extract <directory> Extract to the specified directory
--xe, --extractgui Extract and choose directory in a dialog box
--xh, --extracthere Extract to current directory
--xa, --extractarchdir Extract to the directory where the archive is
-c, --compress Make a .tar.gz archive from these files
--nd, --withoutdcop disable DCOP. Some functions may not work!!
--nw, --withoutwizard disable the configuration wizard
--prefered <compressor_extension> Set the default compressor when right-clicking a file.Enter one of these extensions: tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, zip, rar, lha, gz, bz2

1) Making text file karchiver.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/all
Actions=CompressHere;ExtractHere;ExtractWhere;
X-KDE-Submenu=KArchiver

[Desktop Action CompressHere]
Type=Application
Name=Compress Here
Exec=karchiver -c %U
Icon=archive-insert

[Desktop Action ExtractHere]
Type=Application
Name=Extract Here
Exec=karchiver --xa %u
Icon=archive-extract

[Desktop Action ExtractWhere]
Type=Application
Name=Extract to Where
Icon=archive-insert-directory
Exec=karchiver --xe %u

2) Dropping it in the /usr/share/kde4/services


3) Testing notes

- There is not "Extract to subdirectory". There is "Extract to Where" - karchiver will ask where to extract.
- When compressing more that one file, karchiver will ask archive name, extension (name.zip, name.tar.gz ...) and where to save archive (Browse).

Removing without Shift + Delete


This is linking to the Topic: add delete to right click menu and to the Topic: Disabling the trash...


Note / warning
I don't use this and i don't recommend to use this :-X !


KDE 3.5

Making a remove.desktop file:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory
Actions=remove;
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application

[Desktop Action remove]
Type=Application
Name=Remove
Icon=button_cancel
Exec=rm -f "%U"

Dropping .desktop file to the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/


man rm tells:

RM(1) User Commands RM(1)

NAME
rm - remove files or directories

SYNOPSIS
rm [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each
specified file. By default, it does not remove directories.

If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and the -f or
--force option is not given, rm prompts the user for whether to remove
the file. If the response is not affirmative, the file is skipped.

OPTIONS

-f, --force
ignore nonexistent files, never prompt

KDE 4

Making a .desktop file (delete.desktop):

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;inode/directory;
Actions=remove;
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action remove]
Type=Application
Name=Delete
Icon=edit-delete
Exec=rm -f "%U"

and dropping it to the ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

Paste (copy) over an existing file

This is linking to the Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme


Earlier > Add the whole path including file name into clipboard (klipper)

This service menu is using the information at the klipper to copy a (image) file over an existing file.


KDE 3.5

At the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/. paste_over.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=image/*
Actions=Paste_Over;
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application

[Desktop Action Paste_Over]
Type=Application
Name=Paste Over
Icon=svn_switch
Exec=cp `dcop klipper klipper getClipboardContents` "%u"

KDE 4

At the /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus. paste_over.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/*;
Actions=Paste_Over
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=OneLiners

[Desktop Action Paste_Over]
Name=Paste Over
Icon=svn_switch
Exec=cp `qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.getClipboardContents` "%u"

Use
(this is with the KDE 4)

File #1
Right click a file > OneLiners > To Klipper
- file name with the full path is copied to the clipboard.

File #2
Right click a image file > OneLiners > Paste Over
- file, which name+path, is at the klipper is copied over the file #2.
- file #2 will keep its orginal name, information is copied not the name.

Pic: Copying images between > Leopard-Style and > Crystal-Project

Exif information context menu

> Exchangeable image file format

Exiftool > Exif viever

Exiftool
With ExifTool you will have the possibility to watch all or part of the EXIF values and to have them sorted by groups or not. ExifTool is a dedicated EXIF viewer, a free command line tool that works under Linux, Mac and Windows.

The Exiftool is part of the package: libimage-exiftool-perl:

Library and program to read and write meta information in multimedia files

ExifTool is a Perl module with an included command-line application
for reading and writing meta information in image, audio and video
files. It recognizes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile,
Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3 meta information as well as the
maker notes of many digital cameras including Canon, Casio, FujiFilm,
JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson,
Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Ricoh, Sanyo and Sigma/Foveon.

Making a .desktop file (show_exif_information.desktop):

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/*;
Actions=;ExifInformation;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=Image

[Desktop Action ExifInformation]
Name=Show Exif Information
Icon=folder-image
Exec=exiftool -a -u -g1 "%f" > .exif_information.txt && kdialog --textbox .exif_information.txt 640 480 && rm -f .exif_information.txt

Dropping it to the ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus and right clicking an image file > Image > Show Exif Information



A KDialog window is popping up with:

---- ExifTool ----
ExifTool Version Number : 7.30
---- File ----
File Name : 2007-0503srb.jpg
Directory : /media/sdb3/background
File Size : 510 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2007:05:04 11:12:23
File Type : JPEG
MIME Type : image/jpeg
Image Width : 571
Image Height : 720
Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample : 8
Color Components : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:4:4 (1 1)
---- JFIF ----
...
---- IPTC ----
Application Record Version : 2
Caption-Abstract : Installation Of Nose Cone/ Forward Skirt Onto Left SRB Segments. (MIX FILE)
Keywords : SRB, Solid Rocket Booster
...

++ Lot of information...


From the PPA repositories (> FAQ: Repositories ) : servicemenu-exif-information

Two click wallpaper change
This was working with the Kubuntu 9.04 / KDE 4.2.4, Kubuntu 9.10 (a6) / KDE 4.3.1

This is linking to the > Topic: How to change desktop background from dolphin and/or gwenview in kde4?


> change wallpaper & weather wallpaper

by JaKi » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:53 pm

By now I change my wallpaper through a servicemenu. I have set the wallpaper in that dialog to use ~/background.jpg. And via the picture's servicemenu I copy another file to background.jpg. That works fine except for one exception: the new wallaper only appears after either a relogin or in current session when I open the wallpaper dialog and confirm it without changing anything. So I'd love to call that dialog from the servicemenu.


by JaKi » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:33 pm

I installed the "next wallpaper" widget and it works fine even when the desktop is not in slideshow mode! I now set the wallpaper via my servicemenu (copy the chosen picture to background.jpg) and just have to click on the next wallpaper widget in the panel to let the new wallpaper smoothly blend in (I now use a subdirectory in which background.jpg is the only picture). Nice!

Making a .desktop file to the ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus:

wallpaper.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/*;
Actions=;SetWallpaper;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=Image

[Desktop Action SetWallpaper]
Name=Set Wallpaper
Icon=folder-image
Exec=convert "%f" ~/Wallpaper/MyWallpaper.jpg

Update:
I'm using the ImageMagic to scale&crop the image:

Code:

Exec=convert "%f" -resize 1680x1050^ -gravity center -extent 1680x1050 ~/Wallpaper/MyWallpaper.png

Making a directory: Wallpaper in the home directory (/home/rog/Wallpaper).

Click #1
With the Dolphin > Right clicking the imagefile > Set Wallpaper



Click #2
Clicking the plasma-widget-nextwallpaper to show the new wallpaper.

The wallpaper is changing.


The "convert is part of the imagemagick. Package: imagemagick.

man convert:

NAME

convert - convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither,
draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more.

SYNOPSIS
convert input-file [options] output-file

The plasma-widget-nextwallpaper is > KDE-Look / Next wallpaper:

Simple applet that changes the current wallpaper (when in slideshow mode) on command

It is in the repositories.

Click, drag, and drop isn't sufficient

I am trying to figure out how to make a service menu that will copy files from one split to the other.
Any ideas?

Yes , you need to get the other "panel" path but there is the problem .

I looked the qdbus /1/ calls but i didn't find useful for the Dolphin splitted view.


The Dolphin is a good (light one panel) file manager (> Dolphin philosophy). There is the "copy/move to" (Settings > Configure Dolphin > General > Context Menu > Show "copy To" and "Move To" commands)

I would use the Krusader /2/ or other twin panel file managers if there is need to move lot of files between panels.


/1/ (Q)D-Bus
> D-Bus wiki
> D-Bus Specification

/2/ Package: Krusader (http://www.krusader.org/)

twin-panel (commander-style) file manager

Krusader is a simple, easy, powerful, twin-panel (commander-style) file
manager, similar to Midnight Commander (C) or Total Commander (C).

It provides all the file management features you could possibly want.

Plus: extensive archive handling, mounted filesystem support, FTP,
advanced search module, viewer/editor, directory synchronisation,
file content comparisons, powerful batch renaming and much more.

It supports archive formats: ace, arj, bzip2, deb, iso, lha, rar, rpm, tar,
zip and 7-zip.

It handles KIOSlaves such as smb:// or fish://.

Almost completely customizable, Krusader is very user friendly, fast and looks
great on your desktop.

Package naming

Service menu packages are now (Lucid) : kde-service-menu-<application>


> Bug #66508: ISO mount from context menu
>> ISO mounting by default
>>> [ubuntu/lucid] kde-service-menu-fuseiso 0.1-0ubuntu1 (Accepted)

Personal Repository

Earlier : http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...cal-Repository


Packages needed:

• kdesudo
• konsole
• dpkg-dev
• kdebase-bin (kdialog)

Making a desktop file (add_debbies.desktop)

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/x-deb;
Actions=Add_Debbies;_SEPARATOR_;DebbieSettings;
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Submenu=Personal Repository

[Desktop Action Add_Debbies]
Type=Application
Name=Add Debbies
Icon=application-x-deb
Exec=debbies-install %f
 
[Desktop Action DebbieSettings]
Type=Application
Name=Choose Package Manager
Icon=configure
Exec=debbies-configure

and two script files:

(debbies-configure)

Code:

#! /bin/bash

SETTINGS=/home/$USER/.config/kde-service-menu/debbies-install-settings

PACKAGE_MANAGER=`kdialog --title "Input dialog" --inputbox "What package manager would you like to use ?"`

if [ -z "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" ]; then
  exit
fi

mkdir -p /home/$USER/.config/kde-service-menu/
echo "PACKAGE_MANAGER="\"$PACKAGE_MANAGER\" > $SETTINGS

and (debbies-install):

Code:

#! /bin/bash

DIRECTORY="$(dirname "$1")"
DEBBIE=" deb file:$DIRECTORY ./"
PERSONAL_REPO=" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/$USER-personal-repository.list"
SETTINGS=/home/$USER/.config/kde-service-menu/debbies-install-settings


kdialog --passivepopup "Writing Packages.gz list"
cd $DIRECTORY
dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz

# add personal repo to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
kdesudo bash -c "echo $DEBBIE > $PERSONAL_REPO"

kdesudo bash -c "konsole -e apt-get update"

# ask package manager
if [ ! -e "$SETTINGS" ]; then
  debbies-configure
fi

# wait package database update to finish
while  ps -e | grep apt-get > /dev/null ; do
 sleep 1
done

. $SETTINGS

kdesudo bash -c "$PACKAGE_MANAGER"

As a .deb package > PPA for Rog131 >> Package name contains: personal-repository

About Repositories and PPAs> FAQ: Repositories >> Using the PPA repositories


Right clicking a .deb package...



More > Personal Repository - kde servicemenu


Links:

> Repositories Personal
> Creating (Konqueror) Service Menus
> Shell Scripting with KDE Dialogs
> Root Sudo
> Redirect output with sudo

i have created a service menu and uploaded it to kde-look.org , it appears under the GHNS menu but it does not install (its a tar.gz package) how can i 'fix' my service menu so it works correctly with GHNS ?
btw the service menu is found here.

...under the GHNS menu...

GHNS ? probably not > Garden House Nursery School


Do mean the "Get Hot New Stuff" and the > Service Menu Manager ?

Last comment at the moment:

Other problem: some menu file installed from "get new services menu", isn't installed correctly. Example: "Compress and Attach" servicemenus. What is the correct structure of the archive recognized by your program?

Or do you mean something else ?

Originally Posted by Rog131

Do mean the "Get Hot New Stuff" and the > Service Menu Manager ?

yes this is the correct thing. if you dl the archive its 2 .desktop files a shell script to copy them to the proper folder, and a small read me , the service menu manager should only have to exrtract and place the .desktop in the proper folder (same as my sh script does.) is there a guide somewhere to making get hot new stuff tar ball that will extract properly.

Oops Dolphin > Settings > Configure Dolphin > Services > Download New Services > GHNS.


Hmm - With the Lucid, KDE 4.4.

Trying the Download New Services:

[img width=400 height=241]http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2540/failedg.png[/img]
Installation failed.
Konsole is telling a bit more:

dolphin(2667)/knewstuff (api): Command failed

Kubuntu forums > Topic: Dolphin send file to Editor

With the Maverick, KDE 4.5, same error.


#1 Examining a bit - the Download New Services will- with an archive

- Download the archive to the ~ /.kde/share/apps/servicemenu-download/
- Unpack the archive to the ~ /.kde/share/apps/servicemenu-download/
- Make a marking to the ~/.kde/share/apps/knewstuff3/servicemenu.knsregistry
- Make the ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/ (if it doesn't exist)
- The KDE is giving up -> error message.

#2 Examining a bit - the Download New Services will- with a desktop file (2video4mobile)

- Download the desktop file to the ~ /.kde/share/apps/servicemenu-download/
- Make a marking to the ~/.kde/share/apps/knewstuff3/servicemenu.knsregistry
- Make the ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/ (if it doesn't exist)
- Copy the 105149-2video4mobile.desktop to the ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/




Hmm -


--------------- Update ---------------
(With the Kubuntu 11.04 alpha-1, KDE 4.6.0)


> Bug #706900 - Missing ruby
> Bug #667704 - Ruby script can't find installation script

--------------- Update ---------------

Plymouth background and logo images context menu

Standard Warning

This service menu is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


Plymouth links > Plymouth III


The kde-service-menu-set-plymouth-image needs:

• kdesudo
• konsole
• imagemagick
• plymouth-theme-blanco (> Topic: Common Splash From Start To Finish)

Writing a desktop ( > Topic: GtoK: .desktop files) file:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/*;
Actions=SetPlymouthBackground;SetPlymouthLogo;_SEPARATOR_;TurnOnBlanco;
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Submenu=Customize Plymouth

[Desktop Action SetPlymouthBackground]
Type=Application
Name=Set Plymouth Background
Icon=fill-color
Exec=set-plymout-background "%f"

[Desktop Action SetPlymouthLogo]
Type=Application
Name=Set Plymouth Logo
Icon=format-text-color
Exec=kdesudo bash -c "convert '%f' /lib/plymouth/themes/blanco/my_logo.png"

[Desktop Action TurnOnBlanco]
Type=Application
Name=Turn On Plymouth Theme Blanco
Icon=mail-mark-notjunk
Exec=konsole --hold -e sudo bash -c " update-alternatives --config default.plymouth"

and a script file (set-plymout-background):

Code:

#! /bin/bash

TARGET="$1"
SCREENDIMENSION=` xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk -F" " '{ print $2}' `

kdesudo bash -c "convert '$TARGET' -resize $SCREENDIMENSION^ -gravity center -extent 
$SCREENDIMENSION /lib/plymouth/themes/blanco/my_wallpaper.png"

Now it is possible to change the plymouth background and logo images with a right click.




An example package > Personal Package Archives for Ubuntu >> PPA for Rog131 >>> Package name contains: plymouth


Propellerhead section
i.e won't work without modification - it needs your kdm/ksplash themes information.

Common Splash From Start To Finish - with a right click
(Earlier > Topic: Common Splash From Start To Finish



Adding few lines to set the grub, plymouth-theme-blanco, KDM, KSplash and
KDE wallpaper/backgrounds. Script file (set-start-to-finish)

Code:

#! /bin/bash

TARGET="$1"
SCREENDIMENSION=` xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk -F" " '{ print $2}' `

USETHISWALLPAPER="/lib/plymouth/themes/blanco/my_wallpaper.png"
GRUBWALLPAPER="/usr/share/desktop-base/grub_background.sh"
COLORNORMAL="black/black"
COLORHIGHLIGHT="green/black"
KDMBACKGROUND="/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/Rog131/MyWallpaper.png"
KSPLASH="/home/rog131/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/Themes/Rog131/1680x1050/MyWallpaper.png"
KDEWALLPAPER="/home/rog131/Wallpaper/Next/MyWallpaper.png"

# Plymouth
kdesudo bash -c "convert '$TARGET' -resize $SCREENDIMENSION^ -gravity center -extent $SCREENDIMENSION $USETHISWALLPAPER"

# GRUB
kdesudo bash -c "mkdir -p /usr/share/desktop-base/ "
kdesudo bash -c "echo WALLPAPER='\042'$USETHISWALLPAPER'\042' > $GRUBWALLPAPER"
kdesudo bash -c "echo COLOR_NORMAL='\042'$COLORNORMAL'\042' >> $GRUBWALLPAPER"
kdesudo bash -c "echo COLOR_HIGHLIGHT='\042'$COLORHIGHLIGHT'\042' >> $GRUBWALLPAPER"
konsole -e sudo update-grub

# KDM Splash
kdesudo bash -c " kde-cp $USETHISWALLPAPER $KDMBACKGROUND"

# KDE Splash
kde-cp $USETHISWALLPAPER $KSPLASH

# KDE Wallpaper
kde-cp $USETHISWALLPAPER $KDEWALLPAPER

Now it is possible to set the "Common Splash From Start To Finish" with a right click.




More:

> Topic: Customizing Kubuntu
> Topic: Capturing the images of the ksplash & kdm & ksplash again
> Creating Konqueror (KDE) Service Menus
> ImageMagick
> Two click wallpaper change

Removing selected video thumbnails

Background > Thumbnail standard etc


A desktop file (video-thumb-remover.desktop):

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=video/*;application/vnd.rn-realmedia;
Actions=RemoveVideoThumb;
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Submenu=Video Thumbnail Remover

[Desktop Action RemoveVideoThumb]
Name=Remove selected thumbnails
Icon=edit-delete
Exec=video-thumb-remover.pl "%U"

and a Perl script (video-thumb-remover.pl):

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use URI::Escape;
use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);

$ARGV[0] =~ s' /' //'g;
@FILENAMES = split(' /', $ARGV[0]);

foreach $NAME (@FILENAMES) {

  $FULLNAME = "file://" . $NAME;

  $ESCAPED = uri_escape("$FULLNAME", "^A-Za-z0-9\-\._~/:()'");
  $THUMB = md5_hex("$ESCAPED");

  $THUMBNAME = $THUMB . ".png";

  unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$THUMBNAME");
  unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/normal/$THUMBNAME");

}
for ($I=1;$I<9;$I++) { system ("qdbus org.kde.dolphin /dolphin/Dolphin_$I activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

Testing, before:




Clicking Configure Dolphin > General > Previews and choosing another thumbnailer.

Picking selected video clips. Action > Video Thumnail Remover > Remove selected thumbnails.


A bit better.



Links:
> Creating KDE Service Menus
> Desktop Entry Specification
> URI::Escape - Escape and unescape unsafe characters
> Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm

... few more lines


Adding few more lines to the Video Thumb Remover => Video Thumb Fixer.




A tool to edit the Thumbnail Attributes (png images)

Package: sng, man sng:

NAME
sng - compiler/decompiler for Scriptable Network Graphics

SYNOPSIS
sng [-ivV] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
The sng program translates between PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format and SNG (Scriptable Network Graphics) format. SNG is a printable and editable minilanguage for describing PNG files. With sng, it is easy to view and edit exotic PNG chunks not supported by graphics editors; also, since SNG is easy to generate from scripts, sng may be useful at the end of a pipeline that programmatically generates PNG images...

A tool to edit thumbnails with the perl

Package: perlmagick

Description: Perl interface to the ImageMagick graphics routines
PerlMagick is an objected-oriented Perl interface to ImageMagick.
Use the module to read, manipulate, or write an image or image sequence from
within a Perl script. This makes it very suitable for Web CGI scripts.
Homepage: http://www.imagemagick.org/

> ImageMagick - PerlMagick API


A commandline tool to make multiple thumbnails from a video file

Package: ffmpegthumbnailer, man ffmpegthumbnailer:

NAME
ffmpegthumbnailer - fast and lightweight video thumbnailer

SYNOPSIS
ffmpegthumbnailer [options]

DESCRIPTION
Ffmpegthumbnailer is a lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers to create thumbnails for your video files. The thumbnailer uses ffmpeg to decode frames from the video files, so supported videoformats depend on the configuration flags of ffmpeg.

A tool to preview thumbnails and pick one

Description: an application to show ffmpegthumbnailer images
PictureFlow is a Qt widget to display images with animated transition effect,
much like Apple's Cover Flow (used among others in iTunes, Finder, iPhone, and iPod).
PictureFlow uses a portable and optimized software renderer and runs smoothly
on smartphones and other mobile devices.

http://code.google.com/p/pictureflow/

The thumbflow is a modified pictureflow. Thumbflow is part of the
kde-service-menu-video-thumb-fixer.

Cli: thumbflow <backgroundcolor> <image dicectory>

It is possible to use the VLC and the SMPlayer to take snapshots from the video files and make thumbnails from the snapshots.




It is also possible to pick any image file to thumbnail. If the image is local then there is a KDialog file picker. From the net the image is first downloaded.



> Perl HowTo: download a file from the internet


An example from the Gnome side

> imdb-thumbnailer (a bash script):

This is a video thumbnailer that searches imdb for covers based on the file names. It works for movies in the specified paths (recursively). For the rest of the cases or if no cover is found the default thumbnailer is used.

Links:

> FAQ: Repositories
>> Using the PPA repositories
>>> PPA for Rog131 >>>> kde-service-menu-video-thumb-fixer

A point&right click icon replacer.



More: http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...332#post289332


The desktop part

~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/replaceicon.desktop /1/, /2/:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/png;
Actions=replaceIconThemeIcon;

[Desktop Action replaceIconThemeIcon]
Name=Replace Icon Theme Icon
Icon=tools-wizard.png
Exec=perl ~/.bin/iconreplacer.pl %f

The Perl script part

~/.bin/iconreplacer.pl:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

# argument: icon name with the path
# action: ask the new picture and replace the same context/name icons 
# with the correct resolution picture

use strict;
use warnings;

# Modules
use Image::Magick;

my $showText = "Give the new picture";
my @RESOLUTIONS = ("8x8","16x16","22x22","32x32","48x48","64x64","128x128","256x256","512x512");

my @KONQUERORS = `"qdbus" "org.kde.konqueror*"`;
chomp (@KONQUERORS);
my @DOLPHINS = `"qdbus" "org.kde.dolphin*"`;
chomp (@DOLPHINS);

my ($newIcon, $resolution, $konqueror, $dolphin);
#my (@writeLog);

# split argument
my @themePath = split('/', $ARGV[0]);

my $fileName = pop(@themePath);
my $iconContext = pop(@themePath);
pop(@themePath);

# get the new picture
my $newPicture = `"kdialog" "--title" "$showText" "--getopenfilename" "." "*.png *.jpg *.gif"`;
chomp ($newPicture);

# write the new icons
foreach $resolution (@RESOLUTIONS) {
   my $fileCandidate = join("/", @themePath) . "/" . $resolution . "/" . $iconContext . "/" . $fileName;
   if (-e $fileCandidate) {
      chomp($fileCandidate);
      $newIcon = Image::Magick->new;
      $newIcon->Read($newPicture);
      $newIcon->Resize(geometry=>$resolution);
      $newIcon->Write($fileCandidate);
#      push(@writeLog, $fileCandidate);
   } 
}

#my @KDIALOGCALL = ("kdialog", "--msgbox", "@writeLog \n \n replaced with \n \n $newPicture");
#system @KDIALOGCALL;

# refresh the konquerors and dolphins
foreach $konqueror (@KONQUERORS) { system ("qdbus $konqueror /konqueror/MainWindow_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

foreach $dolphin (@DOLPHINS) { system ("qdbus $dolphin /dolphin/Dolphin_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

Notes

- Working at here. May or may not work at there
- Needs package: perlmagick
- More notifications: uncomment the lines 22, 44, 48, 49.




Links

1. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Spec...top-entry-spec
2. http://techbase.kde.org/Development/..._Service_Menus

The FFMpegThumbs-MattePaint /1,2 / can use the KDE service menus to add/remove the thumbnails. There is a simple way to detect the faces from the pictures /3/ with the Perl Image::ObjectDetect /4/ module.




A script to detect the faces from the video thumbnails and reject/approve the thumbnail.



Note!
This is working only with the 'large' /5/ thumbnails (=> 96 pixels).
A workaround is to link the normal & large thumbnail directories.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Getopt::Long;
use Pod::Usage;
use URI::Escape;
use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);
use Image::ObjectDetect;

my $name;
my $member;

# using libkface-data
my $cascade  = '/usr/share/kde4/apps/libkface/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml';
my $detector = Image::ObjectDetect->new($cascade);

$ARGV[0] =~ s' /' //'g;
my @fileNames = split(' /', $ARGV[0]);

foreach $name (@fileNames) {
   my $fullName = "file://" . $name;
   my $escapedName = uri_escape("$fullName", "^A-Za-z0-9\-\._~/:()&'");
   my $thumbName = md5_hex("$escapedName") . ".png";
   
   my $picFile  = ("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName");

#  search faces - try max 10 times
   for ( my $i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++ ) {

      my @faces = $detector->detect($picFile);
      last if ( scalar @faces > 0 );

#     remove old thumbnails
      unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName");

#     refresh/reload the filemanager window
      my @konquerors = `"qdbus" "org.kde.konqueror*"`;
      chomp (@konquerors);
      foreach $member (@konquerors) { system ("qdbus $member /konqueror/MainWindow_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

      my @dolphins = `"qdbus" "org.kde.dolphin*"`;
      chomp (@dolphins);
      foreach $member (@dolphins) { system ("qdbus $member /dolphin/Dolphin_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

#     wait new thumbnail
      open( DUMP , ">/dev/null" );
      until ( -e "$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName" ) { 
         print DUMP "waiting thumbnail \n"; 
      }
      close (DUMP);
   }
}

Direct: http://youtu.be/di6MdAQbfew


Links

1. http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...content=153902
2. https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post345474
3. http://code-and-hacks.peculier.com/p...econgition-in/
4. http://search.cpan.org/~jiro/Image-O...bjectDetect.pm
5. http://specifications.freedesktop.or...ec-latest.html


PPA packages: https://launchpad.net/~samrog131/+ar...series_filter=

(using Kubuntu 15.04 alpha2)


KDE4 has

Code:

madprophet@Velvet:~$ kde4-config --path services
/home/madprophet/.kde/share/kde4/services/:/usr/share/kde4/services/

KF5 has

Code:

madprophet@Velvet:~$ kf5-config --path services
/home/madprophet/.local/share/kservices5/:/usr/share/kservices5/

The Kubuntu 15.04 is a hybrid system. There are KDE4 applications and there are new KF5 applications. The KDE4 parts are looking the service menus from:

~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

The new KF5 service menus are at:

~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/


To get the KF5 service menus to the KDE4 applications the KF5 service menu directory can be linked to the KDE4 directory.



..and there are the KF5 service menus with the Dolphin (KDE4).

Linking: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post369248

The service menu desktop - plasmafication.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/*;
Actions=plasmaficationImage;removePlasmoid;
X-KDE-Submenu=Plasmafication tools
Icon=plasma

[Desktop Action plasmaficationImage]
Name=Plasmafication of Image
Icon=preferences-desktop-plasma
Exec=plasmafication.pl %f

[Desktop Action removePlasmoid]
Name=Remove plasmoid
Icon=plasma
Exec=plasmafication-remover.pl

Few short scripts to make and remove the image plasmoids.

plasmafication.pl :

Installs a picture plasmoid so it can be added to the plasma 5 desktop.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

# argument: a picture with full path
#
# actions:
# write icon picture to the ~/.local/share/icons/Plasmafication/
# write metadata.desktop to the /tmp/...
# write main.qml to the /tmp/...
# execute the plasmapkg2 to install the plasmoid
#
# using:
# perlmagick
# kde-baseapps-bin (kdialog)

use strict;
use warnings;

# modules
use File::Basename;
use Image::Magick;
use File::Path qw(make_path);

# replace whitespace with undescore
my $image = $ARGV[0];
my $imageName = fileparse($image,'\..*');
my $spacelessName = $imageName;
$spacelessName =~ s' '_'g;


# icon
my $newIcon;
my $iconResolution = "128x128";
my $iconPlace = "$ENV{ HOME }/.local/share/icons/Plasmafication";
mkdir $iconPlace;
my $iconOut = "$iconPlace/plasmafication.$spacelessName.png";

$newIcon = Image::Magick->new;
$newIcon->Read($image);
$newIcon->Resize(geometry=>$iconResolution);
$newIcon = $newIcon->Montage(geometry=>$iconResolution, background=>'transparent');
$newIcon->Write($iconOut);


# desktop
my $temporary = "/tmp/plasmafication.$spacelessName";
make_path("$temporary/plasmafication.$spacelessName/contents/ui");
open(OUT, ">$temporary/plasmafication.$spacelessName/metadata.desktop");

print OUT '[Desktop Entry]',"\n";
print OUT 'Name=Picture Plasmoid',"\n";
print OUT 'Comment=Show ',"$imageName","\n";
print OUT 'Encoding=UTF-8',"\n";
print OUT 'Icon=',"$ENV{ HOME }/.local/share/icons/Plasmafication/plasmafication.$spacelessName","\n";
print OUT 'ServiceTypes=Plasma/Applet',"\n";
print OUT 'Type=Service',"\n";
print OUT 'X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=','plasmafication',"\.","$spacelessName","\n";
print OUT 'X-Plasma-API=declarativeappletscript',"\n";
print OUT 'X-Plasma-MainScript=ui/main.qml',"\n";


# main.qml
open(OUT, ">$temporary/plasmafication.$spacelessName/contents/ui/main.qml");

print OUT 'import QtQuick 2.0',"\n";
print OUT "\n";
print OUT 'Rectangle {',"\n";
print OUT '    width: 300',"\n";
print OUT '    height: 300',"\n";
print OUT "\n";
print OUT '    Image {',"\n";
print OUT '        anchors.fill: parent',"\n";
print OUT '        fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit',"\n";
print OUT '        smooth: true',"\n";
print OUT '        source:', "\"","$image","\"","\n";
print OUT '    }',"\n";
print OUT '}',"\n";


# execute plasmapkg2 --install
system ("plasmapkg2", "--install", "$temporary/plasmafication.$spacelessName");

plasmafication-remover.pl - removes the picture plasmoid:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

# no arguments
#
# actions:
# show file picker (kdialog) to pick the removed plasmoid
# remove picked plasmoid
# remove icon
#
# using:
# kde-baseapps-bin (kdialog)

use strict;
use warnings;

# modules
use File::Basename;

# picker
my $iconPlace = "$ENV{ HOME }/.local/share/icons/Plasmafication";
my $image = `"kdialog" '--getopenfilename' '$iconPlace' '*.png'`;
chomp ($image);
my $imageName = fileparse($image,'.png');

# execute plasmapkg2 --remove
system ("plasmapkg2", "--remove", "$imageName");

# remove icon
unlink($image);

Linking to http://askubuntu.com/questions/67956...d-use-built-in

Earlier: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post380103


With the KDE4:

Making: ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/mattepaint-mp4.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=kdenlive-add-clip
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=video/mp4;
Actions=useMp4Image;pickMp4Image
#X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=Video Thumbnail Fixer
Encoding=UTF-8
InitialPreference=69

[Desktop Action useMp4Image]
Name=Use a picture from the Mp4 attachments
Icon=mail-attachment
Exec=mp4-image-to-thumbnaill.pl "%U"

[Desktop Action pickMp4Image]
Name=Pick a picture from the Mp4 attachments
Icon=project-open
Exec=mp4-pick-image-to-thumbnail.pl "%U"

Writing Perl scripts:

/usr/local/bin/mp4-image-to-thumbnail.pl

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

# perl modules
use URI::Escape;
use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);
use File::Copy;
use Time::HiRes qw(usleep nanosleep);

my @pictureSuffix = ( '*.png','*.jpg');

my @kdeLocalprefix = ("kde4-config", '--localprefix');
chomp(my $kdeHome = `@kdeLocalprefix`) or die "Can't find the kde home";

my $ffmpegthumbsDir = $kdeHome . "share/apps/ffmpegthumbs-mattepaint/";
my $attachmentsToThumbnail = $ffmpegthumbsDir . "cleanOne";
my $createMissingdir = $ffmpegthumbsDir;
my $parsleyDir = $createMissingdir . "AtomicParsley/";

mkdir $createMissingdir;
mkdir $parsleyDir;

$ARGV[0] =~ s' /' //'g;
my @fileNames = split(' /', $ARGV[0]);

# extract attached cover to the ../ffmpegthumbs-mattepaint/cleanOne
foreach my $name (@fileNames) {
   my $fullName = "file://" . $name;
   my $escapedName = uri_escape("$fullName", "^A-Za-z0-9\-\._~/:()&'");
   my $thumbName = md5_hex("$escapedName") . ".png";
  
   my @extractCall = ( "AtomicParsley", "$name", "-e", "$parsleyDir");
   system (@extractCall) == 0 or die "Can't execute the AtomicParsley";
   
   chdir $parsleyDir;
   my @globFiles = glob ("@pictureSuffix");
   print scalar @globFiles;
   if (scalar @globFiles == 0) { next; }
   copy ("$globFiles[0]", "$attachmentsToThumbnail") or die "Can't copy";
   unlink @globFiles;

# remove old thumbnails
   unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName");
   unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/normal/$thumbName");

#  refresh/reload the filemanager window
   my @konquerors = `"qdbus" "org.kde.konqueror*"`;
   chomp (@konquerors);
   foreach my $member (@konquerors) { system ("qdbus $member /konqueror/MainWindow_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

   my @dolphins = `"qdbus" "org.kde.dolphin*"`;
   chomp (@dolphins);
   foreach my $member (@dolphins) { system ("qdbus $member /dolphin/Dolphin_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

#  wait new thumbnail
   open( DUMP , ">/dev/null" );
   until ( -e "$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName" || -e  "$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/normal/$thumbName" ) { 
      print DUMP "waiting thumbnail \n"; 
   }
   close (DUMP);
   usleep(5000);
}

and

/usr/local/bin/mp4-pick-image-to-thumbnail.pl

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

# perl modules
use URI::Escape;
use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);
use File::Copy;
use Time::HiRes qw(usleep nanosleep);

my @pictureSuffix = ( '*.png','*.jpg');

my @kdeLocalprefix = ("kde4-config", '--localprefix');
chomp(my $kdeHome = `@kdeLocalprefix`) or die "Can't find the kde home";

my $ffmpegthumbsDir = $kdeHome . "share/apps/ffmpegthumbs-mattepaint/";
my $attachmentsToThumbnail = $ffmpegthumbsDir . "cleanOne";
my $createMissingdir = $ffmpegthumbsDir;
my $parsleyDir = $createMissingdir . "AtomicParsley/";

mkdir $createMissingdir;
mkdir $parsleyDir;

$ARGV[0] =~ s' /' //'g;
my @fileNames = split(' /', $ARGV[0]);

# extract attached cover to the ../ffmpegthumbs-mattepaint/cleanOne
foreach my $name (@fileNames) {
   my $fullName = "file://" . $name;
   my $escapedName = uri_escape("$fullName", "^A-Za-z0-9\-\._~/:()&'");
   my $thumbName = md5_hex("$escapedName") . ".png";
  
   my @extractCall = ( "AtomicParsley", "$name", "-e", "$parsleyDir");
   system (@extractCall) == 0 or die "Can't execute the AtomicParsley";
   
   chdir $parsleyDir;
   my @globFiles = glob ("@pictureSuffix");
   if (scalar @globFiles == 0) { next; }
   if (scalar @globFiles > 1 ){
      my $pickThumbnail = `"kdialog" "--getopenfilename" "$parsleyDir"`;
      chomp ($pickThumbnail);
      copy ("$pickThumbnail", "$attachmentsToThumbnail") or die "Can't copy";
   } else {
      copy ("$globFiles[0]", "$attachmentsToThumbnail") or die "Can't copy";
   }   
   unlink @globFiles;

# remove old thumbnails
   unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName");
   unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/normal/$thumbName");
   
#  refresh/reload the filemanager window
   my @konquerors = `"qdbus" "org.kde.konqueror*"`;
   chomp (@konquerors);
   foreach my $member (@konquerors) { system ("qdbus $member /konqueror/MainWindow_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

   my @dolphins = `"qdbus" "org.kde.dolphin*"`;
   chomp (@dolphins);
   foreach my $member (@dolphins) { system ("qdbus $member /dolphin/Dolphin_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

#  wait new thumbnail
   open( DUMP , ">/dev/null" );
   until ( -e "$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName" || -e  "$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/normal/$thumbName" ) { 
      print DUMP "waiting thumbnail \n"; 
   }
   close (DUMP);
   usleep(5000);
}

Checking that the scripts are executable.

Testing.



Seems to work - at here.

So good we have this forum!

After installation of the Root Actions Service Menu in Dolphin on 15.10 I noticed they were not showing and remembered there was this 'hybrid' problem.

This is the relevant bit from Rog's post needed to fix the issue:

The Kubuntu 15.04 is a hybrid system. There are KDE4 applications and there are new KF5 applications. The KDE4 parts are looking the service menus from:

~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

The new KF5 service menus are at:

~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/

Open Dolphin, press Alt+. to view the hidden stuff, F3 to get a split pane view, in the left pane you open the kde4 path, in the right the kde5 one.

In the kde4 path you should see the installed menu's .desktop files, drag them to the right pane and select Link.

Done.

The Dolphin is using ruby script to install and deinstall Service Menus. Looking Dolphin 16.08.2 /usr/bin/servicemenuinstallation
and /usr/bin/servicemenudeinstallation and finding that they are still using KDE4 paths. Filing a bug report: Bug 371907 - Dolphin, KDE Framework, service menu installation and deinstallation ruby scripts are using KDE4 paths - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371907

Originally Posted by Rog131

The Dolphin is using ruby script to install and deinstall Service Menus. Looking Dolphin 16.08.2 /usr/bin/servicemenuinstallation
and /usr/bin/servicemenudeinstallation and finding that they are still using KDE4 paths. Filing a bug report: Bug 371907 - Dolphin, KDE Framework, service menu installation and deinstallation ruby scripts are using KDE4 paths - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371907

added my as well stating it was the same on Kubuntu-16.04 and Neon dev/stable as well ,,,,,,,,shouldn't be that hard to confirm ,,,,it's a script.

VINNY

Bug 376922 - Don't show new Service Menus in KDE Store - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376922

Both Bugs 371907 and Bug 376922 fixed with the https://cgit.kde.org/dolphin.git/com...10e40880bc3a1a

=> KDE Applications 17.04 / Dolphin 17.04 or later

Originally Posted by Rog131

Both Bugs 371907 and Bug 376922 fixed with the https://cgit.kde.org/dolphin.git/com...10e40880bc3a1a

=> KDE Applications 17.04 / Dolphin 17.04 or later

Hmmmm. Backportable, maybe...

Originally Posted by acheron

Hmmmm. Backportable, maybe...

Meanwhile - it is fixable for the users:

1)

Code:

$ locate servicemenu.knsrc

=>

Code:

kdesudo kate /etc/xdg/servicemenu.knsrc

change:

Code:

ProvidersUrl=http://download.kde.org/khotnewstuff/servicemenu-providers.xml

to

Code:

 
ProvidersUrl=http://download.kde.org/ocs/providers.xml
Categories=Dolphin Service Menus

2)

Code:

$ locate servicemenudeinstallation

change:

Code:

FileUtils.rm(`kde4-config --localprefix`.strip! + "share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/" + File.basename(archive))

to:

Code:

FileUtils.rm(`qtpaths --writable-path GenericDataLocation`.strip! + "/kservices5/ServiceMenus/" + File.basename(archive))

and

3)

Code:

$ locate servicemenuinstallation

change:

Code:

$servicedir = `kde4-config --localprefix`.strip! + "share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/"

to:

Code:

$servicedir = `qtpaths --writable-path GenericDataLocation`.strip! + "/kservices5/ServiceMenus/"

Thanks, Rog131! Worked perfectly!

Now in zesty for testing.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source....12.3-0ubuntu2

Linking: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post399157

AskUbuntu: Proper way to let user enter password for a bash script using only the GUI (with the terminal hidden): http://askubuntu.com/questions/31439...y-the-gui-with

=>

Writing files:

/usr/local/bin/sudoeditkate.sh

Code:

#!/bin/sh 

export EDITOR=/usr/bin/kate
export SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/local/bin/sudoeditpass.sh
sudoedit -A "$1"

/usr/local/bin/sudoeditpass.sh

Code:

#!/bin/sh
kdialog --password 'sudoedit needs user (sudo) password to execute the kate'

$Home/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/rootkate.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=kate
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;
Actions=sudoeditKate;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
#X-KDE-Submenu=
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action sudoeditKate]
Name=sudoedit kate
Icon=kate
Exec=sudoeditkate.sh "%U"

Testing...



...Seems to work

Working in Kubuntu 16.04 with Dolphin version 16.04.3 (and Plasma 5.8.7):

Two ways to copy path and filename to clipboard:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post402060 requires xsel
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post402061 requires xclip

Then I made a very simple "Open with mpv" menu entry:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=open-with-mpv
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
#MimeType=inode/directory
MimeType=application/octet-stream
Type=Service
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action open-with-mpv]
Exec=mpv %U
Name=Open with mpv
Icon=mpv

I changed

Code:

MimeType=application/octet-stream

to

Code:

MimeType=all/all

so I can open folders or individual files.

Originally Posted by chimak111

Working in Kubuntu 16.04 with Dolphin version 16.04.3 (and Plasma 5.8.7):

Two ways to copy path and filename to clipboard:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post402060 requires xsel
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post402061 requires xclip

Then I made a very simple "Open with mpv" menu entry:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=open-with-mpv
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
#MimeType=inode/directory
MimeType=application/octet-stream
Type=Service
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action open-with-mpv]
Exec=mpv %U
Name=Open with mpv
Icon=mpv

ok ,,gota ask ,,,why "mpv" is not that a media player ,,,,I'v never used it .

VINNY

Originally Posted by chimak111

It has a minimal GUI and I'm used to it on my Lubuntu laptop. I'm using the ppa version: https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archi..._filter=xenial.

The one in the standard repos is quite old (and gave me trouble with kwin as well).

Plus I wanted to make a service menu all of my very own

O ,,,so you made a service menu to launch mpv on a media file .

I thought you were still talking about getting the full path and filename of some file to the clipboard.

VINNY

Linking to Thread: Dolphin folder display, one photo only as thunbnail. - https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...bnail?p=408667

With the KDE Frameworks 5.41.0 (kio) , KDE Applications 17.12.0 (Dolphin), Plasma 5.11.4 (kde-cli-tools).

Making a desktop file - useThisAsIcon.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=image-x-icon
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;
Actions=thisIcon;
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action thisIcon]
Name=Use this as folder icon
Icon=image-x-icon
Exec=useThisAsIcon.sh "%f"

And a script file - useThisAsIcon.sh:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# Usage: useThisAsIcon /path/to/file.extension

file=$1
directory=$(dirname "${file}")

kioclient5 copy "thumbnail://$file" "$directory/.cover.png"
kwriteconfig5 --file "$directory/.directory" --group 'Desktop Entry' --key Icon ./.cover

The script file is executing the kio thumbnail and writing the thumbnail to the .cover.png. The script is also writing the icon key to the the KDE .directory file:





More of the kioclient and the kwriteconfig can be found with the commands:

Code:

kioclient --help
kwriteconfig --help

With the KDE Frameworks 5 the commands are kioclient5 and the kwriteconfig5.

Nice!! Thanks!

EDIT: Oddly I add that desktop entry to `/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/ but for some reason does not show up even on a reboot. Will play around some, but any feedback?

Originally Posted by MoonRise

Nice!! Thanks!

EDIT: Oddly I add that desktop entry to `/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/ but for some reason does not show up even on a reboot. Will play around some, but any feedback?

are you running plasma5 ?

try /home/vinny/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/ ,,,,,,,of corse change "vinny" to your user name and you may half to make the "kservices5" directory .

VINNY

..and rebooting isn't necessary. At the most closing and re-launching Dolphin, but even that shouldn't be necessary. They should be available immediately.

Paths

Service menus are looked at...

Earlier: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post367207

KDE4 - Debian based:

~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

KF5:

~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/

A quick test

with

$ dolphin -v
Qt: 4.8.6
KDE Development Platform: 4.14.2
Dolphin: 4.14.2

~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/useThisAsIcon.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=image-x-icon
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;
Actions=thisIcon;
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action thisIcon]
Name=Use this as folder icon
Icon=image-x-icon
Exec=useThisAsIcon.sh "%f"

Executable useThisAsIcon.sh:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# Usage: useThisAsIcon /path/to/file.extension

file=$1
directory=$(dirname "${file}")

kioclient copy "thumbnail://$file" "$directory/.cover.png"
kwriteconfig --file "$directory/.directory" --group 'Desktop Entry' --key Icon ./.cover

In the right place - told by echo $PATH.

Seems to work =>



Notes

The KDE4 Dolphin is not refreshing the view. The user need to press F5 to reload the folder icons.

The KDE4 Dolphin/kio is squashing the icons to square. KF5 keep the image proportions.

Thanks All!

Originally Posted by Chipy

Hi Rog131 & everybody,
I tried to add this service menu to my Kubuntu 18.04, but I don't understand exactly, where to put the useThisAsIcon.sh and what to do exactly with it.
What do you mean by:

Thank you in advance about a timely response!
Chipy

Hi !

What is PATH ?: http://www.linfo.org/path_env_var.html

PATH is an environmental variable in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems that tells the shell which directories to search for executable files (i.e., ready-to-run programs) in response to commands issued by a user. It increases both the convenience and the safety of such operating systems and is widely considered to be the single most important environmental variable...

A list of all the current environmental variables and their values for the current user, including all the directories in the PATH variable, can be seen by running the env command without any options or arguments (i.e., input data), i.e.,

env

As there can be considerable output, it can be convenient to modify this command so that it displays just the PATH environmental variable and its value. This can be accomplished by using a pipe (represented by the vertical bar character) to transfer the output of env to the grep filter and use PATH as an argument to grep, i.e.,

env | grep PATH

Another way to view the contents of just PATH alone is by using the echo command with $PATH as an argument:

echo $PATH

echo repeats on the display screen whatever follows it on the command line. The dollar sign immediately preceding PATH tells echo to repeat the value of the variable PATH rather than its name.

Each user on a system can have a different PATH variable...

AskUbuntu - How to add a directory to the PATH?: https://askubuntu.com/questions/6021...ry-to-the-path

At here the useThisAsIcon.sh is in the $HOME/.bin/:



as my $PATH includes it.

The useThisAsIcon.sh is executable:



so I can execute it when I right click a file:



The desktop file ($HOME/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/useThisAsIcon.desktop) has line:

Code:

Exec=useThisAsIcon.sh "%f"

The Exec key: https://standards.freedesktop.org/de...t/ar01s07.html

The Exec key must contain a command line. A command line consists of an executable program optionally followed by one or more arguments. The executable program can either be specified with its full path or with the name of the executable only. If no full path is provided the executable is looked up in the $PATH environment variable used by the desktop environment...

Originally Posted by Chipy

...But I'm only getting an Internal Error and there is no new icon...

Any further ideas?

Thank you in advance!
Chipy

Hi !

Do you see something like:

or something else ?

In this case the image file has a wrong extension.
A bug report: Bug 220496 - Preview of pictures when content type does not match extension - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220496

You could check if there is a wrong extension with the file command:

Code:

$ file /media/sda1/GifWallpapers/1358773.jpg
/media/sda1/GifWallpapers/1358773.jpg: GIF image data, version 89a, 460 x 460

Originally Posted by Chipy

No, it only says :

What kind of file ?
What is the extension ?

I get the error - No plugin specified - When the kioclient5 doesn't link the filename pattern to the correct file type.
i.e with the 'video.mpeg-4' the thumbnailer can thumbnail it but the kioclient5 command doesn't understand the type.

With the help of the ImageMagick /1/ the KDE icons can be made from the piles of polaroids.



The context menu desktop part - $HOME/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/magickpile.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=view-list-icons
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;
Actions=magickPile;
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action magickPile]
Name=Magick pile of icons
Icon=view-list-icons
Exec=magickpile.pl "%F"

The thumbnail polaroids are scooped from the thumbnail cache and piled with a short Perl script - magickpile.pl:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

# usage: magickpile.pl filelist

use strict;
use warnings;

# modules
use Image::Magick;
use File::Spec;
use URI::Escape;
use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);

my $angle;
my @newIcon;

my $i = 0;
my $iconResolution = '256x256';

my $cachePath = $ENV{XDG_CACHE_HOME} || ("$ENV{HOME}/.cache");
my $thumbPath = "$cachePath/thumbnails/large/";

$ARGV[0] =~ s' /' //'g;
my @fileNames = split(' /', $ARGV[0]);
my ($volume,$workDir,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $fileNames[0] );
my $iconOut = "$workDir.magickpile.png";

# pile of thumbs
foreach my $name (@fileNames) {
$i++;
my $fullName = "file://" . $name;
my $escapedName = uri_escape("$fullName", "^A-Öa-ö0-9\-\.,_~/:()&!\@\\[\\]'");
$escapedName=~ s'\|'%7C'g;
$escapedName=~ s'%24'$'g;
$escapedName=~ s'\{'%7B'g;
$escapedName=~ s'\}'%7D'g;
my $thumbName = md5_hex("$escapedName") . ".png";
my $angle = int(rand(30))-15;
$newIcon[$i] = Image::Magick->new;
$newIcon[$i]->Read("$thumbPath$thumbName");
$newIcon[$i]->Polaroid(angle => $angle, gravity => 'center', background => 'transparent');
$newIcon[$i] = $newIcon[$i]->Montage(geometry=>$iconResolution, background=>'transparent');
if ($i > 1) { 
$newIcon[1]->Composite(image=>$newIcon[$i],compose=>'over', gravity=>'center');
$newIcon[$i]->Set(quality=>100);
}
}

$newIcon[1]->Write("$iconOut");
system ("kwriteconfig5", "--file", "$workDir.directory", "--group", "Desktop Entry", "--key", "Icon", "./.magickpile.png");

Executable script 'magickpile.pl' is located in the $PATH. The script is using PerlMagick /2/

Note !

This script is using 'Correctly encode URL of thumbnails' /3/. It won't work with the older KDE Frameworks (<5.46 ?). At here, now, the KF 5.48.0.

It is getting the thumbnails from the thumbnail cache. If the thumbnailer /4/ is not caching then it won't work with this type of thumbnails.

Preview



Direct: https://youtu.be/-JEfOa8gAWQ

Links

1. https://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
2. http://www.imagemagick.org/script/perl-magick.php
3. https://cgit.kde.org/kio.git/commit/...499eff3b976162
4. https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kio/h...mbCreator.html

Originally Posted by SDG10

Can you make these scripts work in the dolphin menu?
They are used to print the selected files without first opening them.
They work in nautilus and derived file managers, but I do not know how to make them work in Kubuntu.

https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/prin...-in-caja/15885

Thanks

There is no need 'to carry coals to Newcastle': https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com...s+to+Newcastle.

A bit easier is to search from the KDE Store:

The KDE Store: https://store.kde.org
Dolphin Service Menus: https://store.kde.org/browse/cat/102/

Searching - Search results for "pdf": https://store.kde.org/search/projectSearchText/pdf/

A sample: KDE 5 Service Menu PDF - https://store.kde.org/p/1227799/

Editing a bit (*)- Only adding the option to print selected files without first opening them:



(*)
1) Unpacking the 'kde-service-menu-pdf_1.0_all.tar.gz'
2) Copying the executable 'pdfprint-kdialog' (**) to the $PATH.
3) Adding a desktop file - pdfprintfiles.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=printer
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/pdf
Actions=printPdfFiles;
X-KDE-Submenu=Pdf Print
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action printPdfFiles]
Icon=printer
Name=Print selected documents
Name[de]=Ausgewählte Dokumente drucken
Name[fr]=Imprimer les documents sélectionnés
Name[it]=Stampa i documenti selezionati
Name[ru]=Распечатать выбранные документы
Exec=pdfprint-kdialog %F

to the $HOME/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/

(**)
Though the script has name, pdfprint-kdialog, it will print other file types with the lpr if the user wants to.

You can either install Caja to your system and use their script and Caja. Or if you want to stick to Dolphin, then rewrite the script to use the correct print commands for KDE ("lp" for plain files and "libreoffice -p" for office files) or you can just write your own servicemenu desktop files and put them in ~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/.

Here's a start for you; If you have libreoffice installed, it will print almost anything from the command line. It will use it's default print settings. Create a file from the code below and put it in ~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/ and try it out:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=print-file
Icon=print
MimeType=application/pdf;image/*;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;text/plain;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation;application/msword;application/vnd.ms-word;application/vnd.ms-excel;application/vnd.ms-powerpoint;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheet.sheet;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation;
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Service
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel


[Desktop Action print-file]
Exec=lp %f
Exec=libreoffice -p %f 
Icon=stock_print
Name=Print Now

I tested this here on an image, a libreoffice document, a pdf, and a plain text file. Works for me.

Originally Posted by SDG10

OK thank you very much ,
but it's not really the same thing.

That script can print everything because it contains both the lpr and libreoffice commands, it also gives an error message if you select a non-printable file (eg mp3) and you can have it in the default printer version or you can specify which printer to use, so in the context menu you can get "print with HP" or "Print with Samsung", for instance, and I find this very useful.

I'm new to Kubuntu and I would like to have the same thing as Ubuntu Mate, if possible.

Is that too much to ask?

KDE Service Menus
( https://techbase.kde.org/Development..._Service_Menus )

In KDE-speak a "servicemenu" is a special entry that appears in a context menu (or other context-based interface) for a file (or for directory), depending on the type of files that are selected.

The KDE context menus are file type specific. You can't print mp3 file from the PDF print menu - If you have in the service menu desktop file:

Code:

MimeType=application/pdf

KDE applications

If applications are build on the top of the KDE framework then they could have the service menus off the box.

Calligra Words:

Code:

$ calligrawords --help
calligra.lib.pigment: Legacy integer arithmetics implementation
Usage: calligrawords [options] [file(s)]
Word processor

Options:
-h, --help                       Displays this help.
.
.
.
--print                          Only print and exit
.
.
.
Arguments:
[file(s)]                        File(s) or URL(s) to open

There is a service menu available off the box...



Free and open...

If you want service menus with the non KDE application you could add them yourself as 'oshunluvr' did.

Libreoffice:

Code:

$ libreoffice --help
LibreOffice 6.0.6.2 00m0(Build:2)

Usage: soffice [argument...]
  argument - switches, switch parameters and document URIs (filenames).

.
.
.
-p                  Prints following files to the default printer, after
                  which those files are closed. The splash screen does
                  not appear. If the file name contains spaces, then it
                  must be enclosed in quotation marks.
.
.
.

and you could share your service menus with us.

AskUbuntu - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1405...-odt-documents :

Code:

libreoffice --writer -p --headless 'filename1' 'filename2'

A post above gave the URL of a Dolphin PDF service menu:

A sample: KDE 5 Service Menu PDF - https://store.kde.org/p/1227799/

I attempted a few weeks ago to install GuiseppeBenigno's KDE 5 Service Menu PDF but no services were added after the install.

Today I decided to uninstall it and try again. The results were the same. After investigating I found that without warning it would not install because a program, pdftk, was missing from the BIONIC repository and the upstream developers said it wouldn't be installed because it depended upon GJI, a java tool, which was no longer being maintained. Without that file the service menu failed to install.

Looking around I found the deb package in ~/.local/share/servicemenu-download/kde-service-menu-pdf_1.0_all.deb

All I needed was to do a workaround to get pdftk installed. I found it here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...450/comments/4
The following steps failed because it couldn't find gcc-6-base, which IS in the BIONIC repository. After I installed it the following steps installed pdftk:

Code:

  wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ild1_amd64.deb
  wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ntu1_amd64.deb
  wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...buntu1_all.deb
  sudo dpkg -i pdftk_2.02-4build1_amd64.deb libgcj17_6.4.0-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb libgcj-common_6.4-3ubuntu1_all.deb

Instead of installing gcc-6-base separately you can make the last line:
sudo dpkg -i gcc-6-base pdftk_2.02-4build1_amd64.deb libgcj17_6.4.0-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb libgcj-common_6.4-3ubuntu1_all.deb

With pdftk installed I used Dolphin to browse to and right clicked on kde-service-menu-pdf_1.0_all.deb and let QApt Package Installer install it. Dolphin's service menu options were populated with the services supplied by that deb package.

With the KDE Applications 18.08 (Dolphin) the 'Convert hard coded shortcuts to standard keys' has landed:

- https://phabricator.kde.org/D11048
- https://cgit.kde.org/dolphin.git/com...154782664d0835

Before - reload:



qdbus command:

Code:

$ qdbus org.kde.dolphin-914 /dolphin/Dolphin_1/actions/reload trigger

After - redisplay:



qdbus command:

Code:

qdbus org.kde.dolphin-2684 /dolphin/Dolphin_1/actions/view_redisplay trigger

Originally Posted by Rog131

With the KDE Applications 18.08 (Dolphin) the 'Convert hard coded shortcuts to standard keys' has landed:

- https://phabricator.kde.org/D11048
- https://cgit.kde.org/dolphin.git/com...154782664d0835

That diff looks familiar

Originally Posted by oshunluvr

...
I tested this here on an image, a libreoffice document, a pdf, and a plain text file. Works for me.

Thank you very much,
The script for Nautilus/Caja file managers has some more features than this, in fact it also gives the error message in case of non-printable files, and gives the possibility to print all the printable files contained in a folder simply selecting it ... but after all, your is very good for common needs.
The only change I made is to put the capital F, which allows you to select and print multiple files.

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=print-file
Icon=print
MimeType=application/pdf;image/*;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;text/plain;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation;application/msword;application/vnd.ms-word;application/vnd.ms-excel;application/vnd.ms-powerpoint;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document;applicati on/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheet.sheet;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation;
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Service
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action print-file]
Exec=lp %F
Exec=libreoffice -p %F
Icon=stock_print
Name=Print

The following procedure allows you to modify the previous script so that you can specify a different printer than the default one.

Find the name of the printer you are using by typing in the terminal:

lpstat -p -d

Then replace the string 'Samsung-M2020-Series' with the name found using the command lpstat -p -d and 'PrintYourPrinter' with the name of your printer

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=print-file
Icon=print
MimeType=application/pdf;image/*;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;text/plain;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation;application/msword;application/vnd.ms-word;application/vnd.ms-excel;application/vnd.ms-powerpoint;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document;applicati on/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheet.sheet;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation;
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Service
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action print-file]
Exec=lp -P Samsung-M2020-Series %F
Exec=libreoffice -pt Samsung-M2020-Series %F
Icon=stock_print
Name=PrintYourPrinter

Remove selected thumbnails

Part of the thumbnailtools/kenric: https://store.kde.org/p/1080815/ is the 'Remove selected thumbnails'.



The servicemenu is using same code as the KDE to find the thumbnail names (kthumbnamefinder5):



Preview clip with the Keneric - Scripting KDE video preview thumbnails:

Direct: https://youtu.be/L694nghnPo8

KDE Forums - Scripting KDE video preview thumbnails: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?...409077#p409077

Originally Posted by MoonRise

EDIT: Oddly I add that desktop entry to `/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/ but for some reason does not show up even on a reboot. Will play around some, but any feedback?

Originally Posted by vinnywright

are you running plasma5 ?

try /home/vinny/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/ ,,,,,,,of corse change "vinny" to your user name and you may half to make the "kservices5" directory .

Originally Posted by oshunluvr

..and rebooting isn't necessary. At the most closing and re-launching Dolphin, but even that shouldn't be necessary. They should be available immediately.

Hmm, actually the refresh isn't immediate to me in Dolphin (and desktop) on Arch Linux, Plasma 5.16...
At least when I change Name and Exec inside .desktop file, the command in context menu remains old.
Does anyone know how to fix it so that refresh is immediate?

I have discovered a workaround to it though - renaming the .desktop file (you may wish to do it back and forth) refreshes the action in context menu 100% reliably and immediately.
Interestingly also moving in any direction between the two folders refreshes the context menu:
/home/we/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
/home/we/.local/share/kservices5/
because it turns out that .desktop files can be on either of these levels to work.

Another discrepancy from advice in this thread I have noticed is that such Exec command will not launch a shell script from Service Menu:

Code:

Exec=zip.sh %U

I need to launch a shell command and pass the script filename as parameter:

Code:

Exec=sh zip.sh %U

I guess this is because I do not have a default program for handling .sh files defined. In any case, it took me hours to identify this was the reason things didn't work for me, so I am sharing this.

Originally Posted by wojcieche

...will not launch:

Code:

Exec=zip.sh %U

... need to:

Code:

Exec=sh zip.sh %U

Assuming the script is executable, and has the shebang, I would ask, where is the script? If it is sitting in the working directory specified in the .desktop file, as I expect given that sh zip.sh works, then there is a path ($PATH) issue. By default the current directory is not in the path. You can avoid the issue by invoking the script with "./" prepended, so, does this work?

Code:

Exec=./zip.sh %U